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Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')

CVE-2023-5115

Medium
6.3/10

Summary

An absolute path traversal attack exists in the Ansible automation platform. This flaw allows an attacker to craft a malicious Ansible role and make the victim execute the role. A symlink can be used to overwrite a file outside of the extraction path. This issue affects ansible-core versions prior to 2.13.13rc1, 2.14.x prior to 2.14.11rc1, 2.15.x prior to 2.15.5rc1 and 2.16.0b1 and ansible versions prior to 8.5.0.

  • LOW
  • NETWORK
  • HIGH
  • UNCHANGED
  • REQUIRED
  • LOW
  • LOW
  • NONE

CWE-22 - Path Traversal

Path traversal (or directory traversal), is a vulnerability that allows malicious users to traverse the server's root directory, gaining access to arbitrary files and folders such as application code & data, back-end credentials, and sensitive operating system files. In the worst-case scenario, an attacker could potentially execute arbitrary files on the server, resulting in a denial of service attack. Such an exploit may severely impact the integrity, confidentiality, and availability of an application.

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Advisory Timeline

  • Published